Filicium decipiens

• Botanical Name : Filicium decipiens (Wight & Arn.) Thwaites
• Synonyms : Rhus decipiens Wight & Arn.
• Common Name : Ningal, Fern Tree, Fern Leaf Tree
• Plant Family : Sapindaceae
• Plant Form : Tree
• Occurrence (Sectors) : 15
• Occurrence (Special Areas) : Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation, Indroda Park

About Filicium decipiens Plant :

• Habit : A small tree.
• Leaves :
  • Bright-green fern-like leaves and a winged rachis.
  • Pinnate, leaflets 6-8 pairs, glabrous, shining, opposite or some alternate, sessile, linear-oblong, mid-rib prominent, rachis with a broad leafly wing on either side between the leaflets, broad at top but narrowing downwards.
• Inflorescence : Panicles
• Flowers :
  • Small, many, unisexual.
  • Sepals persistent, imbricate, petals as long as sepals.
  • Disk hairy.
  • Ovary globose, 2-celled, 1-ovuled, style short, curved.
• Fruit : A drupe purple.
• Flowering and Fruiting Time : January - February
• Significance : An ornamental plant.